He says Edward Snowden, the former CIA contract employee who leaked top-secret documents about NSA surveillance programs clearly broke the law--even as a whistleblower--and wishes the issue could have come to light through other means.

Coons also says the Obama Administration's decision to provide direct military aid to Syrian rebels is a direction he's supported since last year.

He says the U.S. can't necessarily control who ends up in charge of Syria, but the American government should still support the rebels.

, who is currently waging a war against his own people, has demonstrated his willingness to use ballistic missles, scud missles, to use chemical weapons to kill innocent civilians in significant numbers," Coons says.